The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 2053
First Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
12:14 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1620
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 83.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -1.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.24° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.